Curricula 2015 – 2017
Learning outcomes
Having done this module, the student has a broad, historically and socially sensitive, understanding of research that deals with media, culture and communication. She/he identifies the particularities of main scholarly directions in the field and recognizes their key interfaces and issues of shared interest. The student is able to assess how the research traditions connect with the economic and technological conditions of their time.
Contents
Teaching in the module contextualizes the diversity of research on media, culture and communication by illuminating paradigm changes in the field and by analyzing how these changes relate to broader societal developments. Major focus is on the concepts, themes and approaches that provide fruitful intersections for the study of communication and interaction in a post-industrial and increasingly technologically mediated world.
Teaching methods
| Teaching method | Contact | Online |
| Lectures | 20 h | 0 h |
Modes of study
- Degree Programme Students
- Other Students
- Open University Students
- Doctoral Students
- Exchange Students
Individual and group essee.
The module consists of a lecture course (2 ECTS), which includes research articles and is completed with an individual essay, and group work (3 ECTS) in which the students familiarize themselves with key problematics in the field through certain research traditions and their representatives; completion with a group essay and a seminar presentation based on it.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.Study materials
The following books and articles are used as supplementary material for group work:
Pietilä: Joukkoviestintätutkimuksen valtateillä. 1997
Peters: Speaking into the air: A history of the idea of communication. 2001
Katz & al (eds.): Canonic texts in media research. 2003
Lister & al (eds.): New media: A critical introduction. 2003 or newer
Mörä & al (toim.): Mediatutkimuksen vaeltava teoria. 2004
Pietilä: On the highways of mass communication studies. 2005
Lum (ed.): Perspectives on culture, technology and communication. The media ecology tradition. 2006
Craig & Muller (eds.): Theorizing communication: Readings across traditions. 2007
Jensen: Media convergence: The three degrees of network, mass and interpersonal communication. 2010 Hesmondhalgh: Why Music Matters. 2013
Belongs to following study modules
2018–2019
